Selenium fails to select element by id

Question

Here is the HTML code of the element:

<input maxlength="64" name="pskSecret" class="text" id="pskSecret" value="" size="32" type="text">

And here is my python code, which tries to select it:

self.driver.find_element_by_id("pskSecret").clear()
self.driver.find_element_by_id("pskSecret").send_keys(data) # data is variable

However I got exception, stating that selenium is unable to locate the element. Any ideas what may be causing the problem

Edit: Also the element is inside an iframe, however I'm accessing other elements in it which are working correctly.

Saurabh Gaur · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-22T20:51:30.730

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May be when you are going to find element, it could not be load on the DOM due to timing issues. You should try using WebDriverWait to wait until element is visible as below :-

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC



wait = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10)

input = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, "pskSecret")))
input.clear()
input.send_keys(data)

Note :- if this element is inside any frame you need to switch that frame before finding element using self.driver.switch_to_frame("your frame id or name")

edited Jul 22 '16 at 20:51

answered Jul 22 '16 at 20:23

Saurabh Gaur

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Yeah, I'm switching the frames. However for some reason I get "reference before assigment" for input. – Deyan Georgiev Jul 22 '16 at 20:33
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@DeyanGeorgiev This is not occurred by selenium code. I think this occurred due to `data` variable.. you are assigning value incorrectly into global variable `data`.. please have a look into this link ..http://stackoverflow.com/questions/855493/referenced-before-assignment..hope it helps.. – Saurabh Gaur Jul 22 '16 at 20:41
I fixed the error, however now I got 'By' has no attribute 'id' – Deyan Georgiev Jul 22 '16 at 20:48
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it should be `By.ID` instead of `By.Id` – Greg Jul 22 '16 at 20:50
@Greg Yes..sorry for typo mistake..now updated it.Thanks.:) – Saurabh Gaur Jul 22 '16 at 20:51
I've also managed to find it in the documentation. I'm testing it now hopefully it will be working. – Deyan Georgiev Jul 22 '16 at 20:52
@DeyanGeorgiev sorry for typo mistake..it should be `By.ID`...:) – Saurabh Gaur Jul 22 '16 at 20:53
Hmm.. now I got TimeoutException, without any message – Deyan Georgiev Jul 22 '16 at 20:53
@DeyanGeorgiev make sure first this element inside a frame or outside the frame... – Saurabh Gaur Jul 22 '16 at 20:56

Selenium fails to select element by id

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